Students walk out against ‘trash’ government
Ida Akerstedt
Around 100 Kingston University students walked out of their classes to show dissatisfaction with anti-immigrant policies and to support international students in the UK. The walk out, organised by the…
Ida Akerstedt
The fight for zone 5
Local MP James Berry is continuing the long-running campaign to get Kingston and Surbiton stations rezoned to zone 5. Kingston and Surbiton MP Berry lobbied Parliament at the beginning of…
10 questions for foreign correspondent Nahlah Ayed
Nahlah Ayed, a foreign correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), held a guest lecture in the weekly lunctime lecture at Kingston University on November 11. Ayed is a television…
Students told to beware of private landlords failing legal standards
Kingston University has warned students about the need to be wary when renting privately after a recent study revealed that private landlords are taking £5.6bn in rent on homes that…
10 questions for Emmy-winning documentary-maker James Jones
James Jones, award-winning documentary-maker, held his third guest lecture at Kingston University in mid October. The 32-year-old just won an Emmy for his latest film Battle for Ukraine (PBS) and…
‘I felt drained, sick, I couldn’t concentrate, my brain felt foggy and I didn’t feel in control of my body at all’
A recent study by the Teenage Cancer Trust revealed that cancer is the leading cause of death from disease in young people in Britain and that as many as one…
‘Young, naughty, student selling dirty panties’
A KU student is selling her dirty knickers and worn-out shoes on Craigslist to fund her final year. A female business student, 22, is being paid for undies worn for…
What did Kingston freshers’ make of freshers week?
Kingston University’s first year students tells us what they made of freshers week 2015.
An interview with Kat Arney: revenge of the nerds
Award-winning science journalist and broadcaster Kat Arney gave a talk at Kingston university on Wednesday September 30. “Science is kind of cool and sexy now, the revenge of the nerds…
I didn’t change my Facebook profile to the French tricolore
As I was scrolling down my Facebook feed on Sunday I saw dozens of photos turned red, white and blue to show solidarity with France. After the terrible attacks in…